Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp

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Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, PC (10 November 183019 February 1891) was the son of the 4th Earl Beauchamp.

Lygon was educated at Eton, was President of the Oxford Union in 1851 and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1856 with an MA degree. He was Conservative MP for Tewkesbury from 1857 to 1863 and Conservative MP for West Worcestershire from 1863 to 1866. On 4 March 1866, he inherited the Earldom of Beauchamp from his childless brother and on 18 February 1868, he married Lady Mary Stanhope, a daughter of the 5th Earl Stanhope, at St George's Church on Hanover Square, London. They had five children:

Lady Beauchamp died in 1876 and on 24 September 1878 Lord Beauchamp married Lady Emily Pierrepont, a daughter of the 3rd Earl Manvers, at Perlethorpe in Nottinghamshire and they had four children. Frederick died on 19 February 1891 at his home, Madresfield Court, from a heart attack he suffered at dinner that night.

Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Bessborough
Lord Steward
1874–1880
Succeeded by
The Earl Sydney
Preceded by
The Lord Wolverton
Paymaster General
1886
Succeeded by
The Lord Wolverton
Preceded by
The Lord Wolverton
Paymaster General
1886–1887
Succeeded by
The Earl of Brownlow
Honorary Titles
Preceded by
The Lord Lyttelton
Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
1876–1891
Succeeded by
The Earl of Coventry
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Lygon
Earl Beauchamp
1866–1891
Succeeded by
William Lygon